2013-08-20
http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/SDC082013.pdf
Draft Final Report of Orf 467 F’12 “Uncongested Mobility for All NJ” Available for Download (15M). Slide presentations (123M ppt)
Jules Verne and Alfred Ely Beach 150 years ago. Much more interesting than Musk’s Publicity Stunt. Also, back in about 1975 Larry Edwards walked into my office and proclaimed.. “Alain!!.. I have this great idea of evacuated tube transport. In fact we could build an underground version from NYC to SF with a parabolic profile so that we can benefit from gravity in both the initial acceleration and the final deceleration. It would be extremely high speed, low energy and environmentally attractive. To build the tunnel we could detonate low grade nuclear weapons to create the tunnel along the way, basically using the experience gained in underground nuclear testing.” I just shook my head in amazement. Alain